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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Squire ask to be excused for?
(a) If his tale is not well received.
(b) If he needs to take a break in the middle of his story.
(c) If he says anything amiss.
(d) If he has trouble remembering his story.

2. Where is the Narrator going?
(a) Canterbury.
(b) The town is not given.
(c) Jerusalem.
(d) London.

3. Why does the king in the Squire’s Tale order a celebration?
(a) For the twentieth anniversary of his reign.
(b) For the birth of his twentieth child.
(c) For his daughter's twentieth birthday.
(d) For his twentieth wedding anniversary.

4. How is it determined that the Knight will tell the first tale?
(a) The Host asks the Knight to go first.
(b) The pilgrims draw straws.
(c) The Pardoner asks the Knight to go first.
(d) The Knight volunteers.

5. Why does the Reeve feel the way he does about the Miller's Tale?
(a) He remembers the event from a town he once lived in.
(b) He was once a carpenter.
(c) He was once an astronomy student.
(d) He was once a parish clerk.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the apprentice cook able to revel all day?

2. What does Nicholas tell John which allows him to spend the night with Alison?

3. Where does the apprentice cook work?

4. Who tells the Wife of Bath he thinks questions of authority and scripture should be left to the proper authorities?

5. How long does Lady Constance roam at sea?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the Host come up with the storytelling contest?

2. What does the Cook like about the Reeve's Tale?

3. What is the Squire's plan before he is interrupted?

4. What is the purpose of the knight's quest to find what women most desire?

5. Why can there be no real determination of the outcome of the Cook's Tale?

6. Why are the characters in the Franklin's Tale rewarded?

7. What is the basis of the Reeve's story? Why is this the basis for the story?

8. How do the townspeople react to the situation after John crashes through the ceiling?

9. Why does Chaucer have the Franklin interrupt the Squire only to compliment him?

10. How are the summoner and the yeoman both bailiffs?

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